News From Room 207

Week of 11/26/12
Our class would like to help Josue and Dariana from the Chandler Magnet School in Worcester to stay warm this winter! The Worcester Public School Volunteer Office has been sponsoring a program called Coats for Kids for the last several years. It allows individuals and/or groups to purchase a winter coat, hat, mittens, and/or gloves for a specific needy child who has been identified by the school system. I am encouraging our class to participate by choosing to do extra chores/jobs this week (beyond your family expectations) in your household or for neighbors to earn money. I will use this money to purchase clothing for our children. Our Metric Olympics was a complete success. Metric measurements were used for the cotton ball shot put, paper plate discuss throw, drinking straw javelin throw, wind-up dinosaur walk and frog jump. Your children showed self-control and sportsmanship throughout the exciting event. Thank you to Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Refolo and Mrs. McManus for helping out. Lastly, Mr. Lividini spoke with us on Friday about immigration and how he came to live in the United States.

Important Dates

11/26-11/30 Coats for Kids 11/27 M ath C lub 11/28 Health Test T uesday

W ednesday

11/30 Friday ~$ for Coats for Kids Due ~Mystery Book selection Due 12/13 Family Traditions & Artifacts Museum 9:15AM

As the weather becomes increasingly colder, please be sure your children are dressed appropriately for outside recess. Your children should have on a jacket if they wish to go outside for recess. Hats and mittens are also a great idea. I hope you all had a safe and relaxing Thanksgiving break. I am looking forward to a wonderful week! Warmly, Sandra Travers

12/24-1/1 Winter Break

November Birthdays

Specials Monday-Art Tuesday-PE Wednesday-Health Thursday-Music Friday-Chorus

The number is #35.

Quote of the Week

11/3 11/6 11/12 11/30

Natalie D. Adam Tim Mrs. Travers

Media Dates: Every Other Tuesday

11/27, 12/11, 1/8, 1/22, 2/5, 2/26, 3/12, 3/26, 4/23, 5/7, 5/21

Snack/Recess daily at ~10:45am Lunch 12:05-12:40pm English Language Arts We will look at how making inferences helps us to better understand the text. To make an inference, we need to look at what the text tells us and put it together with what we know in our schema. We will also look at writing thoughtful extended endings. Read Aloud Our two stories are nearly finished. I will announce our next read aloud this week. Science We will begin to explore soil with Herman the Worm using a website listed below. http://urbanext.illinois.edu/worms/

Math We will begin Unit 5 test this week and check in on our math facts. We will focus on lattice and traditional multiplication. As always, your children should be practicing their math facts as often as time allows. Social Studies Cards for our Artifact Museum project are due on December 5th. You are invited to join us for our Family
Traditions & Artifacts Museum

on December 13th at 9:15AM . During this project, we will focus on the history of our families as we share artifacts and traditions.